Ithaca, NY - The Vassar College Women's Volleyball team pushed the #20 Ithaca Bombers to four sets on Saturday afternoon as the Brewers fell 11-25, 13-25, 25-22, 15-25 on the road. The Brewers record moves to 2-12 overall and 0-3 in conference play while the Bombers improve to 14-3 and 4-0 in Liberty League action.

FIRST SET

• Ithaca raced out to a 10-3 lead as Julia Costa landed two service aces along with kills from Faith Sabatier and Anaya Prince.
• The lead grew to 16-5 on a back-to-back winners from Naomi Clauhs before Vassar trimmed the lead to 21-10 on a kill from senior Julia Hale.
• The Bombers used kills from Prince and Gabriela Gonzalez-Abreu and a block from Prince and Wesley Slavin to take the opening set.

SECOND SET

• Ithaca earned an 8-3 lead behind a kill and ace from Gonzalez-Abreu along with a block from Jayden Wiese and Prince.
• Ellie Benedict's ace put Ithaca ahead 14-4 before the Brewers battled back within 16-7 on a kill from sophomore Maura McAusland.
• Back-to-back aces from Maddie Cox pushed Ithaca ahead 20-8 and a kill from Zoe Strachan won the second set for the Bombers.

THIRD SET

• Vassar responded with a 6-3 lead to open the third set as sophomore Holland Kaplan tallied a kill and an ace.
• Ithaca battled back to draw even at nine on a Josie Hampton winner before the Brewers regained the lead at 14-10 on winners from first year Erin Lovett and Hale.
• Benedict's ace cut the Vassar lead to one at 18-17 before Vassar increased the lead to 20-18 on a kill from senior Frannie Anthony-Brumfield.
• Two kills from Lovett put the Brewers at set point until Ithaca cut the lead to 24-22 on a winner from Sabatier.
• Vassar clinched the third set on an attack error from the Bombers.

FOURTH SET

• Ithaca rattled off the first six points after two kills from Sabatier and an ace from Hampton.
• Five straight winners from Clauhs pushed the Bombers lead to 14-4.
• VC got within 22-12 following an ace from junior Rebecca Gutierrez and a kill from Hale.
• Slavin recorded the match-sealing kill for Ithaca.

FOR THE BREWERS

• Kaplan recorded eight kills and seven digs while Hale finished with six kills and a block.
• Gutierrez, Lovett and McAusland each tallied four winners and senior Morgan Miller added two kills and eight digs.
• Sophomore Francesca Medrano registered a team-high 13 assists and eight digs while senior Hailey Hayes added eight assists.
• Junior Ellie Kogan lifted a team-high 16 digs for Vassar.

FOR THE BOMBERS

• Sabatier buried a match-high 11 kills while Prince and Clauhs each recorded 10 kills.
• Brianna Owen tallied six kills along with Gonzalez-Abreu finishing with five kills, three aces and nine digs.
• Slavin handed out a match-high 31 assists and six digs while Cox finished with 12 assists and two aces.
• Bendict lifted a match-high 18 digs and added two aces.

UP NEXT

• Vassar heads to Union for a tri-match on Saturday afternoon at 12:00 p.m.
• Ithaca will take on William Smith on Wednesday evening.